1989–90 UC Sampdoria season

Sampdoria
1989–90 season
Owner	Paolo Mantovani
Chairman	Paolo Mantovani
Manager	Vujadin Boškov
Stadium	Luigi Ferraris
Serie A	5th
Coppa Italia	Group stage
Supercoppa Italiana	Runners-up
Cup Winners' Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	Roberto Mancini (11)
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

Last updated July 14, 2025

UC Sampdoria won their first ever European trophy, thanks to a Cup Winners' Cup final victory against Anderlecht, thanks to two extra time goals from star striker Gianluca Vialli.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Gianluca Pagliuca
—	GK	ITA	Giulio Nuciari
—	GK	ITA	Fabrizio Casazza
—	DF	ITA	Moreno Mannini
—	DF	ITA	Pietro Vierchowod
—	DF	ITA	Luca Pellegrini
—	DF	ITA	Amedeo Carboni
—	DF	ITA	Marco Lanna
—	DF	ITA	Giovanni Dall'Igna
—	MF	YUG	Srečko Katanec
—	MF	ITA	Fausto Pari


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Attilio Lombardo
—	MF	BRA	Toninho Cerezo
—	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Dossena
—	MF	ITA	Fausto Salsano
—	MF	ITA	Giovanni Invernizzi
—	MF	ESP	Víctor Muñoz
—	MF	ITA	Roberto Breda
—	MF	ITA	Alessandro Lupo
—	FW	ITA	Roberto Mancini
—	FW	ITA	Gianluca Vialli
—	FW	ITA	Enrico Chiesa

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Attilio Lombardo	US Cremonese
MF	Srečko Katanec	VfB Stuttgart
GK	Giulio Nuciari	AC Monza
DF	Giovanni Dall'Igna
MF	Giovanni Invernizzi	Como

Out
Pos.	Name	to	Type
DF	Stefano Pellegrini	AS Roma
GK	Guido Bistazzoni	Padova
MF	Fulvio Bonomi	US Cremonese

Competitions

Supercoppa Italiana

29 November 1989	Internazionale	2–0	Sampdoria	Milan
	Cucchi 37' Serena 86'			Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 7,221 Referee: Carlo Longhi

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Internazionale	34	17	10	7	55	32	+23	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Juventus	34	15	14	5	56	36	+20	44	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
5	Sampdoria ^[a]	34	16	11	7	46	26	+20	43	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
6	Roma	34	14	13	7	45	40	+5	41	Qualification to UEFA Cup
7	Atalanta	34	12	11	11	36	43	−7	35	Qualification to UEFA Cup

Source: 1989–90 Serie A, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[1]
Notes:

↑ Sampdoria qualified for the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	16	11	7	46	26	+20	59	11	6	0	26	6	+20	5	5	7	20	20	0

Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	W
Position	1	2	7	5	6	5	3	2	2	5	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	5

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1990–91 European Cup ; = 1990–91 UEFA Cup ; = Relegation to 1990–91 Serie B

Matches

27 August 19891	Lazio	0–2	Sampdoria	Rome
		Report	Pellegrini 29' Vialli 34'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Luigi Agnolin

3 September 19892	Sampdoria	0–0	Bari	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Virginio Quartuccio

6 September 19893	Ascoli	2–1	Sampdoria	Ascoli Piceno
	Cvetković 84', 87'	Report	Salsano 83'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Referee: Pietro D'Elia

10 September 19894	Sampdoria	2–0	Internazionale	Genoa
	Vialli 33' Cerezo 70'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Luigi Agnolin

17 September 19895	Udinese	3–3	Sampdoria	Udine
	Sensini 26' Gallego 28' Balbo 36'	Report	Paganin 40' (o.g.) Vialli 69' Katanec 85'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

24 September 19896	Sampdoria	1–0	Atalanta	Genoa
	Katanec 39'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

1 October 1989 7	Genoa	1–2	Sampdoria	Genoa
	Fontolan 19'	Report	Vialli 44' Mancini 60'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Pietro D'Elia

8 October 19898	Sampdoria	1–0	Hellas Verona	Genoa
	Vialli 16'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Marcello Nicchi

22 October 19899	Fiorentina	3–1	Sampdoria	Florence
	Volpecina 24' Battistini 34' Baggio 53'	Report	Mancini 36'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

29 October 198910	Juventus	1–0	Sampdoria	Turin
	Aleinikov 34'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Carlo Longhi

5 November 198911	Sampdoria	4–2	Roma	Genoa
	Salsano 24' Mancini 43' Vialli 55'86'	Report	Desideri 48' Rizzitelli 73'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

19 November 198912	Napoli	1–1	Sampdoria	Naples
	Maradona 24' (pen.)	Report	Dossena 60'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Luigi Agnolin

26 November 198913	Sampdoria	3–0	Bologna	Genoa
	Dossena 57' Lombardo 66' Vialli 71'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

3 December 198914	Lecce	0–0	Sampdoria	Lecce
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Tullio Lanese

10 December 198915	Sampdoria	1–1	Milan	Genoa
	Vierchowod 65'	Report	Ancelotti 70'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Pietro D'Elia

17 December 198916	Cesena	1–2	Sampdoria	Cesena
	Zagati 74'	Report	Mancini 8' Cerezo 50'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

30 December 198917	Sampdoria	1–1	Cremonese	Genoa
	Mancini 50' (pen.)	Report	Dezotti 49'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Marcello Nicchi

7 January 199018	Sampdoria	2–0	Lazio	Genoa
	Mancini 82'86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

14 January 199019	Bari	0–2	Sampdoria	Bari
		Report	Mancini 52' (pen.) Lombardo 79'	Stadium: Stadio della Vittoria Referee: Sergio Coppetelli

17 January 199020	Sampdoria	2–0	Ascoli	Genoa
	Lombardo 54'70'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Virginio Quartuccio

21 January 199021	Internazionale	2–0	Sampdoria	Milan
	Matthäus 31', 41'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Pietro D'Elia

28 January 199022	Sampdoria	3–1	Udinese	Genoa
	Mancini 10', 26' Lombardo 53'	Report	Branca 11'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

4 February 199023	Atalanta	2–2	Sampdoria	Bergamo
	Madonna 16' (pen.) Porrini 31'	Report	Katanec 22', 76'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Luigi Agnolin

11 February 1990 24	Sampdoria	0–0	Genoa	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Tullio Lanese

18 February 199025	Hellas Verona	1–0	Sampdoria	Verona
	Pellegrini 35'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella

25 February 199026	Sampdoria	3–0	Fiorentina	Genoa
	Vierchowod 41' Lombardo 69' Vialli 78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Paolo Fabricatore

4 March 199027	Sampdoria	0–0	Juventus	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Luciano Luci

11 March 199028	Roma	1–1	Sampdoria	Rome
	Conti 34'	Report	Vierchowod 78'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Loris Stafoggia

18 March 199029	Sampdoria	2–1	Napoli	Genoa
	Dossena 37' Lombardo 67'	Report	Careca 50'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

25 March 199030	Bologna	1–0	Sampdoria	Bologna
	Giordano 48'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

8 April 199031	Sampdoria	1–0	Lecce	Genoa
	Carboni 25'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Pierluigi Magni

13 April 199032	Milan	1–0	Sampdoria	Milan
	Massaro 61'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Carlo Longhi

22 April 199033	Sampdoria	0–0	Cesena	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Tullio Lanese

29 April 199034	Cremonese	0–3	Sampdoria	Cremona
		Report	Vialli 12' Katanec 23' Mancini 35'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Giovanni Merlino

Top Scorers

Coppa Italia

First round

23 August 1989^[2]	Prato	0–2	Sampdoria	Carrara
20:45 CEST			Vialli 35' Salsano 86'	Stadium: Stadio dei Marmi Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

Second round

30 August 1989	Genoa	0–1	Sampdoria	Genoa
16:00 CEST			Vialli 34' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Carlo Longhi

Group stage (Group 4)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Juventus	2	2	0	3	1	+2	4
2	Sampdoria	2	1	1	3	3	0	2
3	Pescara	2	0	2	1	3	−2	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

3 January 19901	Sampdoria	2–1	Pescara	Genoa
14:30 CET	Mancini 20', 82'		Edmar 58'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 8,490 Referee: Giancarlo Dal Forno

24 January 19902	Juventus	2–1	Sampdoria	Turin
14:30 CET	Marocchi 6' De Agostini 87' (pen.)		Katanec 22'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 9,825 Referee: Tullio Lanese

European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

13 September 1989First leg	Brann	0–2	Sampdoria	Bergen, Norway
		Report	Vialli 40' Mancini 55'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 16,789 Referee: Bill Crombie (Scotland)

26 September 1989Second leg	Sampdoria	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Brann	Genoa, Italy
	Katanec 75'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 9,460 Referee: Borislav Aleksandrov (Bulgaria)

Second round

17 October 1989First leg	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	Sampdoria	Dortmund, West Germany
	Wegmann 64'	Report	Mancini 88'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 45,560 Referee: Alexey Spirin (Soviet Union)

1 November 1989Second leg	Sampdoria	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Borussia Dortmund	Genoa, Italy
	Vialli 74' (pen.), 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 32,683 Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

Quarter-finals

7 March 1990First leg	Sampdoria	2–0	Grasshopper	Genoa, Italy
	Vierchowod 13' Meier 84' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 31,323 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

22 March 1990Second leg	Grasshopper	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Sampdoria	Zürich, Switzerland
	Wyss 67'	Report	Cerezo 43' Lombardo 81'	Stadium: Hardturm Attendance: 28,700 Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)

Semi-finals

3 April 1990First leg	Monaco	2–2	Sampdoria	Monaco
	Weah 44' Díaz 81'	Report	Vialli 75' (pen.), 78'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 16,966 Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

18 April 1990Second leg	Sampdoria	2–0 (4–2 agg.)	Monaco	Genoa, Italy
	Vierchowod 9' Lombardo 12'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 35,577 Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

Final

9 May 1990	Sampdoria	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Anderlecht	Gothenburg, Sweden
20:15	Vialli 105', 107'	Report		Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 20,103 Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		ECWC
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Gianluca Pagliuca	34	-26	34	-26
	DF	ITA	Moreno Mannini	29	0	29	0
	DF	ITA	Pietro Vierchowod	32	3	32	3
	DF	ITA	Luca Pellegrini	18	1	18	1
	DF	YUG	Srečko Katanec	27	5	25+2	5
	MF	ITA	Attilio Lombardo	34	7	27+7	7
	MF	ITA	Fausto Pari	33	0	33	0
	MF	BRA	Toninho Cerezo	21	2	21	2
	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Dossena	34	3	34	3
	FW	ITA	Roberto Mancini	31	11	31	11
	FW	ITA	Gianluca Vialli	22	10	20+2	10
	GK	ITA	Giulio Nuciari	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Fausto Salsano	32	2	20+12	2
	DF	ITA	Amedeo Carboni	29	1	18+11	1
	MF	ITA	Giovanni Invernizzi	18	0	12+6	0
	MF	ESP	Víctor Muñoz	17	0	10+7	0
	DF	ITA	Marco Lanna	16	0	10+6	0
	DF	ITA	Giovanni Dall'Igna	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Roberto Breda	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Alessandro Lupo	0	0	0	0
	GK	ITA	Fabrizio Casazza

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1989/995/

References

↑ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
↑ "E in Coppa Italia si rischia subito". la Repubblica. 22 August 1989. p. 37.

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1989/90

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[table_note_SAM0.24052596429387-1] Sampdoria qualified for the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.

[2] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[3] "E in Coppa Italia si rischia subito". la Repubblica. 22 August 1989. p. 37.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	16	11	7	46	26	+20	59	11	6	0	26	6	+20	5	5	7	20	20	0

v t e 1989–90 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '89 '90 England Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France East Germany West Germany Georgia Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90 Spain Sweden '89 '90 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France Georgia East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Greece Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90
Supercups	East Germany West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Baltic League
On request of the Soviet Union, UEFA imposed sanctions against Georgia and Lithuania

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	16	11	7	46	26	+20	59	11	6	0	26	6	+20	5	5	7	20	20	0

1989–90 UC Sampdoria season

Contents

Squad

Transfers

Competitions

Supercoppa Italiana

Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Top Scorers

Coppa Italia

First round

Second round

Group stage (Group 4)

European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Players statistics

References

Sources

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	16	11	7	46	26	+20	59	11	6	0	26	6	+20	5	5	7	20	20	0